The election is two weeks from today. I suspect most of you have already voted by mail, but if you haven’t, here’s our list of endorsements. This was worked out by the Coalition’s leaders; in some cases, I disagree. For instance, I voted for Measure S, because I think that parents deserve some input into matters that impact their kids’ schools (and I don’t think Measure S is a slippery slope toward generalized non-citizen voting). But at CBO, we go by consensus.
Now, let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope that on Nov. 8 we can begin to restore Oakland to sanity!
CBO Oakland Voters’ Guide
MAYOR: 1.Scott, 2.Taylor, 3. de la Fuente, 4.Reid
CITY COUNCIL
Note that districts’ boundaries have changed, find your district here https://oakgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=da589a352c8641459af8a0f890398d44
District 2: Harold Lowe, not Bas
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/haroldlowe
District 4: Nenna Joiner, not Ramachandran
https://www.joinerforoakland.com/donate
District 6: Yakpasua Zazaboi
Alameda County District Attorney: Terry Wiley, definitely not Price
Oakland Measures
· Measure Q: Social Housing Vote No
o Disingenuous and unnecessary
· Measure R: de-Gendering City Charter Vote Yes
· Measure S: Non-Citizen Voting Vote No
o Do not dilute your rights as a citizen
· Measure T: Progressive Business Tax Vote No
o Does not make sense economically
· Measure U : Affordable Housing & Infrastructure Bond Vote No
o A Massive misallocation of resources
· Measure V: Eviction Moratorium Vote No
o Eviction moratoriums have gone too far
· Measure W: Additional Campaign funding Vote No
o Favors incumbents and an additional unneeded expense for city
· Measure X: Term Limits, Address Councilmember abstentions Vote No
· Measure Y: Zoo Parcel Tax Vote No
o Donations to the zoo should be voluntary
Steve Heimoff